Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-25
FORT WORTH.
Continued from Fourth Paqe.

farming land in tue eastern portion. The
SOP in the valleys is alluvium and on
fba high prairies chocolate Colored
loan The average rainfall is about
twenty-five inches Stock raising in an
orgapized and systematic manner is the
one pursuit of the people, and it is be
Teved that the assessment rolls show
only about half the actual number. San
4rgelo, the county seat, is a thriving
town OF 5000 population. Ben Fic6lin IS
frontier town of Importance. The
assessed valuation of 1856 was 50, 49, 7S.
The fnll grasses furnish feed for cattle
the year around.
TITUS
= one of the northeastern counties IN
f1e urinev woods" region. In 1880 there
were standing in the county S9G, 000 600
estimated feet Of the short leaf pine
II -msu, having an area of 420 square
n,-f.z. The many tributaries of the Red
River and Big Cypress creek flowing in
..erV section. Three-i0Urths OF the area
is suitable for farms. The soil is varied,
I'm. deep red Rlluvium predOmnstes.
IRON ore exists in great quantities. The
TEXAS sa6 St. Louis Railway crosses the
.ru-.v. Mount Pleasant, the county
scat. Is the u-nciual town, with popu-
rz-ar 0f0yer 1000 The assessed yGlQ1-
sion "a $50 was 81 PSI ,429.
VAN ZANDT
Is the fourth east Of Tarrant, and located
fr she pine woods region, having an est
lis-e auuh4r Of 5000, 900 feet Of the
er0-. -.af pine -tanGIng in Inc tree II
r>- -'=G.h- is adapted 10 farming,
.r, only s. .I.--e over One-tenth is devoted
#..s.HlsrG
.-re northern section. The TeS2s
- Pacific HgilHsv runs through The
....- rr part wills Point, o. the TeEgS
--. EsciLc Railway, is the principal
gr- with over lQJC population. Bhe
ssej valuation II 1886 was 3, H.
WHEELER COUNTY
.aLs the Iudien Territory n North
western Texas Al present it is one Of !
She most haurislisg counties in the great !
and fertile Panhandle, The North Fork !
TT the Red river end tributaries furnish |
4.-u#au- wate-. Area 500 square miles. |
stock raising 5 the almost exclusive pur- |
au.s. Mcb-elie IS the principal town |
with q population Of 800 Number Of |
cattle in lsSG, was 2G,763. Assessed |
valuation, Sg5G,77G. The Fort |
Worth ana Denver City Railway
-sn.dly pushing in this direction, and |
5-l probably make q station Of Mo5eeUie
ID me near future.
WICHITA COUNTY
one Of the Panhandle counties, and
l015ers the Rcd river which forms its
northern boundary. 1t is 8 StOCkraisIng
county and stock subsist the year round
win nc iced save the grasses peculiar to
She section. There are strong surface
Indications Of copper ore, but the mining
interests are Undevel1pad. Wichita Falls,
She county sest, on the Fort Worth and
Denver City Railway, is the principal
--wu, with = population Of 2500. The
assessed valuation in 1886 was 81 &c.,
-l-. wILBARGER
Hc Immediately west Of Wichita, and
gears strong resemblance to its neigh
l-r Vernon, the county seat, has a
population Of over 500, is the principal
town. The assessed valuation IN 1856
raz SL190,l5I.
WISE
.aIntV lies Immediately north OF Tarrant !
The Upper Cross Thmbers, north and
aG.a through the county, furnish great
ganuties of timber. Many small streams
u--ish fine water supply. Salt springs
L IN the south astern part. Mean an
mai rsiafal -l47 inches. Blax waxeY
l& reddish, gray sandy land are the
dominant qualities Of soil. Mesquite
,-4ss, il great luXuriapce, supports
sr-a number 81 1--we stock There we're
3 6-5 on the assessment rolls in 1856.
line building stone of the gray and brown
s1lstOne variety exists in great quantity.